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Rescuers In The Nepal-China Flood Zone Are On High Alert As A Newly Formed Lake Threatens To Bring Fresh Destruction To The Area; Jury Deliberating The Fate Of Lindsay Clancy Asked To Re-examine Key Evidence; New Fed Chair Signaling He Plans To Do Things Differently From His Predecessor; Many Nepali Families Desperate For News Of Loved Ones; U.S. Survivors Describe Harrowing Escape From Floods; Israeli Strikes In Lebanon Test Fragile Ceasefire; Judge Pauses USPS Plan To Implement New Mail Voting Restrictions; Young Adults 18-21 Traded $5 Billion On Kalshi This Year; Federal Judge Rules Against Pentagon In Anthropic Case. Aired 2-3p ET
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MAX FOSTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL HOST: A very warm welcome to the show, everyone, I'm Max Foster in for Isa Soares. Tonight, rescuers in the Nepal-
China flood zone are on high alert as a newly formed lake threatens to bring fresh destruction to the area. We're live from Kathmandu with the
very latest.
Then the jury deliberating the fate of Lindsay Clancy asked to re-examine key evidence, including pill bottles and a knife. We'll have the details as
we wait to head to a verdict. Plus, the new head of America's Central Bank signaling he plans to do things differently from his predecessor. What we
heard from Kevin Warsh in his most significant address to date.
Now, amid the chaos, heartbreak and devastation of the deadly flooding in Nepal, there are major concerns this hour of yet another possible disaster.
A barrier lake created by debris damming up a river has begun to overflow along the Nepali-Chinese border.
That could lead to another massive flood or landslide. Search and rescue teams are already facing extraordinary challenges like heavy rain, mud and
rough terrain. Nearly 600 people are confirmed dead and more than 1,900 are still missing.
The Red Cross says at least 93,000 have been impacted by those flash floods. Without anywhere to turn, desperate family members are lining up to
register the names of missing loved ones. CNN's Hanako Montgomery is part of our team on the ground in Nepal, and she filed this report.
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HANAKO MONTGOMERY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (on camera): The Nepali Army barracks right now. And we've just seen another helicopter, I mean,
one of dozens that have arrived over the past 30 minutes.
And it looks as though people are getting off right now holding some kind of luggage. We can't tell if these people are survivors or whether these
are people of loved ones who are trying to find any remaining survivors.
KAPUR SINGH TAMANG, LANDSLIDE SURVIVOR (through translator): In our village, there are no people left. It's a very difficult situation. The
villagers were scared and ran to get to safety but didn't know where to go. There's no food or drinkable water. All swept away by the landslide.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
MONTGOMERY: These are all relatives of people still missing. And because they can't get in contact with them, they've come here to the army barracks
to give their contact information, their names, trying to see if the people that the army are finding are the same people as their loved ones.
RAJARAM BASNET, GENERAL, NEPALI ARMY: Yesterday only we rescued 900 persons from most affected areas. We are trying to intensify the search and rescue
operations, but due to some, you know, the heavy mud due to the flood and another, you know, the challenging factor here is the weather itself.
MONTGOMERY: The rain.
BASNET: Yes, rain and weather.
MONTGOMERY: Have you seen anything like this? How are you feeling about this disaster?
BASNET: I haven't seen, you know, this kind of, you know, disaster in my life.
MONTGOMERY: So, these people here, they're looking for the names of their family members on these pieces of paper here. And there are hundreds of
names.
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FOSTER: Well, more on the humanitarian efforts from Suraj Sigdel, now the Country Director of Mercy Corps Nepal. He joins us from Kathmandu. Thank
you for joining us. I gather that you've just been up there in the mountains. Can you just describe what you found?
SURAJ SIGDEL, COUNTRY DIRECTOR, MERCY CORPS, NEPAL: Yes, still people are stranded, they're waiting for them to be rescued. Many people who lost
their family members or their properties, they are in a shock.
And they are waiting for any kind of relief materials that they could have. And it's already been like three -- day three, almost 60 hours. And they
are in critical need of fresh water, drinking water, food and shelter.
FOSTER: And we still don't know how many people are still missing, do we? Because the rescue teams haven't managed to get to every area.
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SIGDEL: Yes, so that's another big issue. I mean, those who were recorded somehow, we know that, OK, this many people are not -- unaccounted. But
there are like so many other people, those who were traveling in that highway or those on the pilgrimage or the tourist. Yes. I mean, we don't
know exactly how many people are still unaccounted for.
FOSTER: We can show you some video of the army rescuing people from a power plant tunnel, which was an extraordinary rescue. There are obviously big
moments of hope in all of this, but it does go to show the sort of challenges we're dealing with, because people are caught under the mud,
aren't they?
There's so much mud coming down, and it's been described to us as liquid concrete. When it sets, it's very hard to get through.
SIGDEL: Right, it's mud everywhere. And basically, these hydro projects, because this area is one of the -- like hydro project areas like almost 10
percent to 15 percent of the hydropower is generated in these areas.
And most of them are hit by the flood. I mean, like it's -- we can call it flood or it's a mudslide. So, yes, it's getting even difficult. And we
don't have the expertise to, you know, like rescue people in this type of mud.
So, we are expecting -- Nepali expecting some support from India to get -- and do the rescue operation.
FOSTER: Yes, lots of countries now getting involved, aren't they? Because you do need that expertise, but can I just talk about your assessments for
your staff? Because we've got this threat of this dam breaking, which could cause a second disaster. At what point do you pull the rescuers out even
though you've got people still to rescue?
SIGDEL: Yes, we are -- we are like cautiously engaged in this epic situation. My team is in Nuwakot today. And this afternoon, we learned that
this lake has been burst again. And then there's a possibility of new flooding. Thankfully, it was not that huge this morning, but you never know
how many of that kind of water pockets has been created.
And that might get into the rescue or the relief effort. So, we have to be cautious. And we are closely looking at it. So, and being -- you know, like
responsible to our team members, we have to act accordingly.
FOSTER: Yes, OK, Suraj Sigdel, thank you for sparing the time for speaking to us. And our thoughts with everyone in the region. Now, elsewhere, the
jury and the Lindsay Clancy murder case started their day of deliberations with a request to see evidence.
Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, said the jury asked to see the kitchen knife Clancy used to cut her wrist and neck. They also asked to see
Clancy's prescription pill bottles. Lindsay Clancy is the U.S. woman charged with the murder of her three children in January 2023.
Clancy's defense said she was suffering from mental illness and postpartum psychosis when she murdered her children. The prosecution said Clancy knew
the difference between right and wrong at the time of the murders. Brynn Gingras joins us now.
What do you think the jury is thinking by way of these extra questions? Where do you think they're going with this?
BRYNN GINGRAS, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, you never know. Look, Max, we have no idea what sort of discussions are going on in that room,
nor do we have any idea if one person asked for those pieces of evidence, or if the room is a collective ask for it.
But what those pieces are to the case, the knife, as you said, that was used by Lindsay Clancy to make wounds in her arms and her neck before she
tried to take her own life by jumping out the second store -- second story window of her house.
As far as the prescription bottles, we got some clarification because we've seen a number of prescription bottles throughout the testimony. In this
case, there was a bag of prescription bottles that was in Patrick Clancy's car where on cross-examination, when he was on the stand, he said context
was very important in this case.
When you look at that prescription bottles, because all those bottles were full. And basically, he said that every time Lindsay would go to a new
doctor and get some sort of new treatment, or they were going to, you know, change course, they would take the old prescription bottles that she was
using and put them away so they wouldn't get confused with the new course of medication.
Now, if the prosecution side, they say that she just wasn't taking her medicine. And that's part of the reason why she can't be believed in this
case.
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There was also a bag of prescription bottles that were empty that were in the bedside table of Lindsay Clancy's house that were never -- was never
collected by police. And that was brought out again on cross-examination -- so, of Patrick Clancy.
So, it's interesting why they're asking for this, but let's keep in mind Lindsay Clancy was prescribed a dozen medications over a four-month period.
So, they are a pretty important detail as they consider all this evidence in this case.
And I just want to kind of give you a quick update too. We've been sort of chatting our fellow colleagues who are in Plymouth, been chatting with
Kevin Reddington; the defense attorney, getting a sense of how Lindsay is doing throughout these deliberations.
They've been going at it now for several hours today. And he says right now that she is sad and she's scared. And certainly, we're all sort of waiting
to see what sort of verdict they might come back with.
FOSTER: Yes, OK, thank you so much, Brynn, back with you --
GINGRAS: Right --
FOSTER: As you get more.
GINGRAS: OK --
FOSTER: Now in Scandinavia, all of Norway is in mourning after King Harald V, Europe's oldest monarch, passed away today at the age of 89. He'd been
on the throne for 35 years. People in Oslo are gathering at the palace to lay flowers and pay their respects.
They also lined the streets as his funeral procession passed by. King Harald was widely beloved, known as a reformer and a unifying figure for
the country. The Crown has already passed on to his son, King Haakon, the heir, and Norway's Prime Minister paid tribute today.
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JONAS GAHR STORE, PRIME MINISTER, NORWAY (through translator): A testament to the fact that King Harald truly lived up to the motto, "All for Norway".
Throughout his life's work is that he kept going right to the very end.
We held a Council of State with King Harald at the royal palace on August 7th, just days before he was admitted to the hospital, we could see that he
was affected by illness. But we also strongly sensed his determination to carry out his duties for as long as his strength allowed.
I do not think it is possible to imagine anyone more qualified, more experienced or better prepared than King Haakon is, as he now takes up this
role. I have had an audience with him today. I have known and met him over the years, and I believe the constitutional system we have in Norway rests
on a secure foundation.
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FOSTER: Well, this all happening at a challenging time for the Norwegian royal family. Our Melissa Bell is following the story tonight for you.
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MELISSA BELL, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (on camera): There have been outpourings of grief in Norway and beyond at news of the passing of King
Harald V, a monarch who was not only the oldest monarch in Europe, but also one who had really overseen a period of great stability in the country, but
also of modernization of the Norwegian Monarchy as an institution.
He is now succeeded by his son, King Haakon, who comes with a lot more baggage. In fact, surveys suggest that some of the controversies that have
surrounded his wife and her son, his stepson, over the last few months may have cost the institution a great deal in terms of its popularity of the
Norwegian people.
Queen Consort Mette-Marit was, of course, engulfed in the scandal surrounding the latest revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein files. Her name
mentioned about a thousand times some of the exchanges she had with the late sex offender proving pretty embarrassing to the Norwegian Crown and
exchanges, and a friendship that she's apologized for -- speaking of her poor judgment.
She's also been plagued by health worries over the last few weeks. And of course, there's the question of her son, the King's stepson, who was found
guilty earlier this year on two counts of rape and several other charges.
He's now appealing a prison sentence, but these are some of the controversies surrounding King Haakon VII as he has seized the throne in
the wake of a father who was -- will be remembered as much for his stability as for the love and the familiarity that he managed to bring
between the Norwegian Crown and the Norwegian people. Melissa Bell, CNN, Paris.
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FOSTER: Voters in Iceland getting ready to weigh in on a nationwide referendum on whether to restart negotiations to join the European Union.
Right now, Saturday's vote is considered too close to call. Iceland's first applied to become a member in 2009, but a few years later, a new government
suspended the process, raising concerns about Iceland's territorial fishing rights and sovereignty.
Now, while much of the referendum debate is about the economy, U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive moves towards Greenland have brought
security concerns to the forefront in Iceland and beyond. Iceland's President will speak to CNN after that referendum.
Halla Tomasdottir will join us right here on ISA SOARES TONIGHT Monday, August the 31st.
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Still to come tonight on the show, the Fed chairman has made his first speech from Jackson Hole. We'll tell you what he said and how the markets
are reacting.
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FOSTER: President Donald Trump awarding the Artemis II crew the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Those four astronauts went further into
space than any humans have ever been before. Circling the Moon on a ten-day mission.
They brought home never before seen images from deep space, completing the first crewed journey to the moon in more than half a century. During his
visit to Houston, President Trump also signed an executive order to create a U.S. Space Academy.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Given the rapid growth of the Space Force and the commercial space industry and the expansion of our
ambitions to the moon and far beyond the moon, far beyond the moon will someday be thought of a close location.
Like in the old days, the subway, the first stop, the moon will be a close location, but it's clear that we will need to educate and train an entire
generation of skilled service members, engineers and civil operators, and everything else.
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FOSTER: In Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's biggest speech yet, he said that inflation is the Reserve's biggest problem. But he stayed quiet on interest
rates in a break from tradition from most Fed chair keynotes.
This signified a big change at the bank, fewer communications to the markets and to the public on the Fed's future plans. That's leaving traders
in the dark on how to operate in this new era of the U.S. Central Bank. Warsh explained his new direction earlier.
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KEVIN WARSH, CHAIR, U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE: We should not indulge a regime in which market participants are looking primarily to the Fed for their next
trade. A quieter Fed, a more purposeful Fed in its communications is better able to meet its objectives, and we can be held accountable for delivering
on our remit. The only true test of our credibility.
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FOSTER: Matt Egan joins us now with more on this. I guess the counterargument is, if you just drop a surprise announcement on the
markets, that could be even more disruptive.
MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Yes, that's right, Max. I mean, Fed officials have long been reluctant to just catch markets completely off-
guard because yes, it can add to unnecessary volatility and volatility that can actually seep into the real economy.
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But you know, Kevin Warsh, he really did double-down here on his less-is- more-communication strategy. He pointed to economic literature that suggests that if there's confusion over what Fed officials are saying, it
can create this hall of mirrors effect that just disorients Fed officials, investors and the public at large.
Now, I'm not shocked that Warsh kind of dug in his heels here, because this does seem to be a core belief of his. And yet, you know, he did kind of
peel back the cover -- the curtain just a little bit when it comes to his views on the economy. Right.
He sounded pretty upbeat on the economy. He was raving about business spending positive on artificial intelligence. He seemed to upgrade his
views on the job market. Despite that weaker-than-expected July jobs report, saying that he believes the economy is at, quote, "full
employment".
And that's notable because if the economy is at full employment, that means that it could potentially withstand efforts from the Fed to fight
inflation. Now, on inflation, Warsh, he did sound a bit more worried, right? He dismissed some of the better-than-expected inflation readings of
late.
He said that the inflation readings are, quote, "more concerning". Take a listen to what Warsh said on inflation and some of the hints he dropped
about potential action to come.
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WARSH: We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly, and at sufficient speed. Otherwise, we have work to do.
That's our job. That's our mandate. And that's our charge to keep.
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EGAN: Now, Wall Street is reading that phrase, "otherwise we have work to do", as code for potential interest rate hikes. Twenty-four hours ago, the
market saw about a 1 in 3 chance of an interest rate hike at the next meeting, the meeting coming up in a few weeks.
Now, the market sees a 60 percent chance. So, that's a pretty significant move in just the span of 24 hours, and that does seem to be driven by these
comments from Kevin Warsh. Now, when we look at the trend for inflation, when President Trump, he started his second term, inflation was at or just
below 3 percent.
Now it's been stuck above 3 percent. And that's because of the A.I. boom. It's because of the President's tariffs, because of the war with Iran. And
this has been a major frustration for the public, right? Because it's just eroding paychecks and how far those paychecks go.
So, now, Max, I think the question here is, will Kevin Warsh back up this tough talk on inflation today with real action, namely interest rate hikes?
And if he does, keeping in mind that Warsh is a Trump appointee, how is that going to go over with a President who clearly prefers lower interest
rates? Back to you.
FOSTER: OK, Matt, thank you so much. Even though U.S. stocks are holding pretty steady. Canada's main stock index dipped after the Fed chair's
announcement. Investors expect new U.S. tariffs to weigh on the Canadian economy as the trade war between the two neighbors creates even more
uncertainty.
And it doesn't seem that President Donald Trump and his strategy will get Canada's government to budge anytime soon. Canadian Prime Minister Mark
Carney is pushing back, saying Lake Ontario would continue to be known by that name despite the U.S. President's order renaming it Lake America.
Anna Cooban just worked on a profile on Mr. Carney that you can read on CNN.com. But it is a bold move, isn't it? By Carney to stand up to Trump
when their economies are so inextricably linked -- and linked in the world. The world is watching because they want to know what happens.
ANNA COOBAN, CNN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean, Max, myself and Daniel Dale, another journalist here at CNN, we really wanted to
put our heads together and find out more about Carney, this man that's made this really bold move.
Who was the man behind the headlines. And so, we spoke to people that have worked with him in the past. A childhood friend of his, and a picture
started to emerge of somebody that I think we can all say ourselves as onlookers, is someone who's very capable of withstanding a lot of pressure.
Now just to really ram home how big a deal him walking away from this deal was. You know, the U.S. has a $30 trillion economy. Canada's is just a
fraction of that size. But he walked away from this deal because he believed that -- or Canada said that certain last-minute things have been
thrown into the deal that compromised Canada's sovereignty, its ability to forge trade deals with other nations.
Also, things that compromise Canada's protections around the French language. He walked away from that, but I don't actually know if it was
entirely surprising, given the kind of rhetoric we saw from Carney earlier this year.
Remember at the World Economic Forum, he gave this speech that's now become quite famous, talking about these middle powers. Basically, countries like
Canada and other countries he sort of alluded to being in Europe.
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Basically, let's band together to try and sort of confront the sort of bully that he sees as being in the White House. And so, that's what we've
seen over the past few days. But this is a man who has forged a career through crisis.
He led the Bank of Canada, he was the top central banker as well at the U.K. -- in the U.K., during times of financial crisis. So, he's really used
to dealing with enormous amounts of pressure, Max, which clearly, he's under right now.
FOSTER: Yes, really interesting and it's a good read. Recommend everyone to have a look. Thank you so much, Anna. Still to come tonight on the show, a
survivor of the deadly landslide in Nepal says all I could think of was the people that were gone. She talked to CNN about the harrowing moment the
disaster struck, just ahead.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sweeps going like row, the buses, the --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Houses --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Houses, people --
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FOSTER: Welcome back, I'm Max Foster. Nepal's National Disaster Agency says more than 1900 people remain unaccounted for following the deadly landslide
along the country's border with China. Families of missing loved ones are clinging to hope three days after the disaster.
CNN's Will Ripley was at a hospital in Nepal's capital, where so many people have gathered in their desperate search.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Yes, just really difficult to describe this scene here. But there's a woman who just came
and looked at a list of people who are being treated, and also a list of people who are confirmed dead.
We don't know the specific details of what she saw, but you can see on her face just how anguished she is right now. And we've seen this type of scene
just repeated over and over and over again here in the capital of Nepal.
This is the Teacher's Hospital. It's one of the busiest medical centers in this city. And let me show you this way. Let's just walk through the crowd
here, John(ph), because there's a whole wall of people here.
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And the number of pictures have kind of been increasing throughout the day. Photos of people who are missing, family members who are waiting here,
hoping that their loved ones are going to end up on this list here. These is a handwritten list of names of people who are confirmed survivors who
are being treated right now at this hospital.
All day, people have been hearing that there might be more survivors brought in, but as of the six hours or so we've been out here, still only
31 names on this list. But if you look at this table over here, the number of people who are now registered as missing has grown from 1,200 when we
arrived here this morning to now more than 1,600 people. All these people who are here gathered at the table are adding the names of their loved ones
to the list.
And about a five-minute walk from here, there's a morgue with a much larger wall of photos of dead bodies. And a much larger crowd of people looking at
these photos of dead bodies trying to see if they can identify their loved ones there. And I saw people -- bodies of all ages. There were men, there
were women, there were children, there were also photographs of body parts. They actually were trying to photograph arms and legs that might have had
tattoos on them, hoping that family members might be able to help identify these remains.
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FOSTER: Earlier, Will also spoke with two survivors from the U.S. who described the moment the landslide struck.
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ANJANA RAJA, SURVIVED THE FLOOD DISASTER IN NEPAL: When we ran out, the other nationals who were there, they ran out with us except for one lady,
the Italian. We ran the right of the bus, she took the left of the bus and vanished.
PATTABIRAMAN VENTAKASSEN, SURVIVED THE FLOOD DISASTER IN NEPAL: So, you went --
RAJA: And then we started going up the cliff, which was right beside the bus. So, the only good thing that our driver did was he parked the bus a
little on an incline. So the water didn't hit our bus first. It kind of went through the road first. So, the way it came, it came just like a
tsunami. It just came going all the way up and just like a tsunami that how it sweeps going like a row. It just took the buses, the --
VENTAKASSEN: Houses.
RAJA: -- houses, people, everything. We saw people just getting sucked in the water. It was so traumatizing to see that. People are screaming but, of
course, water doesn't hear anything. It just kind of sucked them in. I don't know if they were thrown away somewhere in the shore but then this
happened. It was just a span of 30 minutes. In 30 minutes, everything was swept and gone. It was -- there was no water after that. There were --
there was just mud everywhere.
So, those 30 -- it took us like 10 -- it was like five -- to five minutes or something.
VENTAKASSEN: I think it was less than even 30 minutes for everything. And then it took us a while to get up.
RAJA: Yes, it took us -- so it took us a while to get up to the first base. So, we got up to the first base which happened to be I think the second
army base camp. There was one at the lower level which was swept away. So, those people were all killed and then it got up to the -- it didn't come up
to the second one. The second one was a little higher. There were few. So, we went up I think like what 400 feet up, 500 steps.
VENTAKASSEN: Yes, 400. 300-400 feet.
RAJA: 300-400 feet up where everybody kind of settled down calm down and it was still -- we were still trying to figure out what exactly happened
because we really couldn't think at that point. We had no service. The moment we got service we tried to at least reach our family to just let
them know where we are and what happened to us.
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FOSTER: Now, as scientists work to find out exactly how the disaster started, there's new video that could help find some answers. This appears
to show where an enormous chunk of glacier broke free and plunged into the river below. That triggered a gigantic flood wave that was so powerful it
was initially recorded as an earthquake. An engineering professor describes it as liquid concrete and says it was impossible to outrun.
Rescuers are facing yet another obstacle in their way and that is the threat of rain over the next few days. That'll certainly complicate matters
for them moving forward. Meteorologist Chris Warren has much more on this forecast.
I mean the rain going into these pockets of water that have been created, right? So, that creates this additional threat.
CHRIS WARREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL METEOROLOGIST: Yes, there's a couple things going on here, Max. With the rain that is possible every single day, it can
do a couple of things. It's reduced visibilities for the recovery efforts like helicopters and transportation not able to fly. And then on top of
that, it's also possible that the rain itself can create new hazards for search and rescuers that are there on the ground. I'll talk more about that
in just a second. But first, the weather and the chances for more rain.
This is over the past several hours. And as we see in the area where the search and rescue is going on, the big clouds, which are associated with
the heavier rainfall, have been away from here. And that's what you hope for. You hope that each day the showers that are going to happen are going
to happen somewhere else.
It's almost impossible to say exactly where in this region they're going to pop up because everywhere has at least the chance. But when one does and
say -- here's where the landslide began, the origin right there, then this came all the way down through here. So, even if there were efforts going on
here and heavy rain fell up here, if it was enough, it create -- could create some new flooding downstream.
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Also, when you look at the terrain itself, this steep terrain does a couple of things here. First, the mountains themselves can get more moisture out
of the atmosphere. Then, when the rain falls on the mountains, especially when it comes to the areas where there's new deposits, new exposed earth,
that can be washed down, possibly creating new blockages in the stream, possibly new small ponds or larger lakes, depending on the size of the
blockage, and then heavy rain could come push that down. So, it gets very complicated very quickly.
When you look at the forecast, it looks like it's going to be raining the whole time. That's not the case. What this is showing us is that each and
every day through the weekend and into early next week, it's at least possible there could be some showers.
So, again, this is the search and rescue area. There's Kathmandu. And the forecast for Kathmandu does show you're in that higher end of some
rainfall. However, because it's the monsoon season -- again, it's not guaranteed, but it is possible. This is the time of year that very warm and
humid air coming in from the Indian Ocean. It's that pattern. So, the forecast here at Kathmandu, the chance each day for rain showers is there.
But again, Max, you hope that you don't end up with the showers over these areas.
And then back to that liquid concrete. What's different about real concrete and this because it's a great analogy except the fact that the liquid
concrete in this case it's not going to set, right? So, a chemical reaction happens in real concrete which will make it solid and water is not going to
get through it. But in case like this, the loose soil where at times you can kind of sink in like quicksand, new water on top of it will slow the
drying process and could reactivate it, making it muddy and very difficult to deal with once again.
FOSTER: Thanks so much for bringing us that detail.
Now, deadly Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon are once again testing a fragile ceasefire. Our Jeremy Diamond is embedded with the Lebanese armed
forces and told us what he saw.
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN INTERNATIONAL JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: We spent yesterday with the Lebanese army in the South Litani sector, which is
southern Lebanon, closest to the Israeli border, but also right now closest to the Israeli yellow zone as it's known here, the area of control that the
Israeli military is currently occupying in southern Lebanon. And we saw the conditions under which Lebanese soldiers are operating in very difficult
conditions and very close proximity to the Israeli military's occupation of southern Lebanon.
And while we were there, actually, we witnessed several strikes. We heard Israeli air strikes, and we also saw artillery strikes in the Lebanese
village of Mansouri. I want to show you that moment.
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DIAMOND: How often are you seeing Israeli military strikes like this?
COL. RAJA AMER, LEBANESE ARMY: It's continuous. It's continuous in all the area of operation. As I told you, since the 27th of June framework
agreement, we had till now more than 5,000 attacks. So, it's continuous and it's everywhere in all the sector of the responsibility.
DIAMOND: This is what ceasefire looks like.
AMER: This is what's happening. This is what -- this is the ceasefire from their side.
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DIAMOND: And so, that was a colonel of the Lebanese military who was with us yesterday describing the kind of daily Israeli military violations of
the ceasefire that he and his soldiers have been witnessing in southern Lebanon.
In addition to that, we saw the dangers that some of these strikes have posed to Lebanese soldiers. We spoke with one Lebanese soldier who was
wounded in an Israeli strike not far from where we were speaking to them there. One other Lebanese soldier had been killed in that attack as well.
What we also had an opportunity to visit was one of these pilot zones that is part of the broader negotiations between the Israeli government and the
Lebanese government mediated by the United States. We saw how the Lebanese military is patrolling one of these pilot zones facilitating the ability
for Lebanese civilians to return to their damaged and sometimes destroyed homes. And we also saw the Israeli soldiers on the hill opposite of that
village where they are continuing to operate and where we have heard -- we heard several Israeli air strikes.
One of those Israeli strikes targeted a village of Arab Salim not far from where we were. Six people were injured, one person was killed. That
individual who was killed was a woman who just 48 hours earlier was celebrating her wedding. 48 hours later, she was killed in that Israeli
strike. The Israeli military claimed it was targeting "terrorist infrastructure" in southern Lebanon in retaliation for Hezbollah launching
two drones towards its forces in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli military.
FOSTER: Jeremy Diamond there.
Still to come tonight on the show, young adults in the U.S. have found a loophole that lets them gamble online. We'll look at the dangers and what's
being done about it after the break.
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FOSTER: With the Midterm Elections just around the corner, a federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out
a plan that could limit mail voting. Democratic states and voter advocacy groups are challenging the new rule, which requires states to submit lists
of their mail voters to the Postal Service. The Supreme Court removed on Monday a previous court order blocking U.S. agencies from carrying out
parts of President Trump's executive order. The White House says it'll appeal this latest ruling.
Now, young adults between 18 to 20 -- 21 rather have traded more than $5 billion this year on the predictions market app Kalshi whilst they're
legally banned from most gambling in the U.S. These predictions markets are regulated as financial markets. Now, this means anyone over can wager on
anything from sports to when or if the U.S. and Iran will reach a nuclear deal. These platforms have exploded in popularity in recent years, leaving
many to fear for the mental and financial well-being of young adults.
Let's go to Marshall Cohen. Is this just because they're relatively new and the regulators haven't kept up?
MARSHALL COHEN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: It's a great question, Max. I would say that the regulators are playing catchup at this point, but this just
happened a few moments before I walked on. The regulators in one state, Nevada, just secured a huge victory in court where a federal appeals court
sided with them as they try to apply these regulations.
But we're talking about prediction markets that are technically under the current state of the law treated like the stock market or derivative swaps
or commodities futures not like gambling or sports books. In the U.S., like you mentioned, most sports books are 21-plus, but financial markets are 18-
plus. And that is what critics call a loophole because most college freshmen can't walk into a casino, but you can pull out your phone and go
on Polymarket or Kalshi.
So, look at these numbers. This is the latest data that we have according to a new CNN estimate. $5.4 billion so far this year has been traded on
Kalshi by this age group. And four billion of that is sports and parlays which are extremely popular.
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And Max over here. Everyone is getting excited for the football season. It's just two weeks away and everyone knows that means there's going to be
a lot of betting and a lot of trading. That volume is going to go up like crazy.
Now, for its part, Kalshi says that it takes this very seriously. It protects its younger adults on the platform. There are things like deposit
limits and warnings that you will be given on the app if you are exhibiting unhealthy trading patterns. And the company also donated $2 million to an
outside group that works to combat addiction, gambling addiction, and trading addiction.
But where you started is where we should end this conversation. The states aren't buying it. Look at this map. There's a lot of yellow that you're
going to see on this map. Every state in yellow believes that prediction markets are gambling, plain and simple, and they want to regulate it like
gambling.
So far, only three states have prevailed in banning Kalshi within their borders. But as I mentioned, there was a huge ruling that just dropped
about an hour ago that could pave the way for more states like California and Arizona with a lot of people living there to possibly take quick action
to shut this down within their borders.
One last note, Max. CNN has a partnership with Kalshi. We use its data to cover major events, but editorial employees like you and me are not allowed
to trade on Kalshi or any prediction market platform.
FOSTER: OK. I appreciate it, Marshall. Very interesting.
Now, a federal judge has ruled the Pentagon's decision to label A.I. company Anthropic as supply chain risk was unlawful. It's a major victory
for the company in its dispute with the Trump administration. Anthropic refused to allow the U.S. military to use its Claude A.I. model for
autonomous weapons and surveillance. The military labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk in retaliation for its criticism of the military use of
A.I. Now, a judge has ruled that the government's actions violated the First Amendment and the government must remove the designation.
We'll be right back.
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FOSTER: For the first time in 133 years, a Salt Lake City -- Salt Lake -- Salt Lake City landmark is opening its doors to the public as Nick Watt has
been finding out.
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NICK WATT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For roughly 17 million devotees worldwide, this is the holiest of holies where sacred
covenants are made with God. For more than a century, no one else was allowed inside this temple.
ANDY KIRBY, DIRECTOR OF HISTORIC TEMPLE RENOVATIONS: Come on in.
WATT: Thank you.
WATT (voice-over): Never until now.
WATT: For the past years, unless you were in good standing with the church, you were not allowed to walk into the temple. I'm not in good standing with
any church, so why am I allowed now? Well, because they are opening this temple up for the world to see.
KIRBY: This used to be in the historic temple.
WATT (voice-over): They are the perhaps misunderstood, some say mysterious Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a.k.a. the Mormons, although
most no longer like that label.
WATT: Why are you letting us in?
CAMILLE JOHNSON, GENERAL PRESIDENT, RELIEF SOCIETY: We want the world to see the joy and happiness that comes in a greater understanding of the
blessings that our Heavenly Father has in store for us.
WATT (voice-over): Why now? Well, as you can see, the temple is being renovated. We've been allowed to take a peek.
WATT: We've got a sort of modern-day Michelangelo situation.
KIRBY: We do. Yes.
WATT (voice-over): There are a few rules for the construction workers on this massive multi-year project.
KIRBY: In the contract with the general contractor, it says no vulgar language, no loud music. It's part of the level of decorum we expect.
Right?
WATT: So, these are the dressing rooms where church members change into their all-white attire before going into the temple. Now, all of this
construction is new, made to look old. Look, if you take a look at that chandelier, that is modeled on a chandelier from a catalog from the time
that the old temple was built.
WATT (voice-over): Construction on the Salt Lake Temple began in 1853 where church leader Brigham Young stuck his cane into the ground. It took 40
years to complete.
JEHOSHUA FAJARDO, SUPERVISOR, JACOBSEN CONSTRUCTION: And these pioneers had to use materials that were available for them at that time. So, you can see
that the plaster that they used, they reinforced it with horses.
WATT (voice-over): Oh, how construction technology has changed.
WATT: So, the stone walls of the temple are right above us here?
WATT (voice-over): Nearly 200 million pounds of temple now resting on 98 earthquake-proofing base isolators.
WATT: How much movement does this give you?
KIRBY: Five feet in any direction. So, when an earthquake happens, imagine the floor moving that way and the temple above it moving less.
WATT: And so, the idea here for you is to make sure that this temple survives long after we're all gone.
KIRBY: That's right. Yes. Well into the future. After the Lord comes, we want this temple to be in service.
WATT (voice-over): They call themselves Latter Day Saints because they believe that second coming is not too far away.
WATT: Is this sort of like God's mission for you is to strengthen this? I mean, or am I barking up the wrong tree there?
KIRBY: Not at all. I believe I've been prepared by God to be on this project.
WATT (voice-over): That they say Satan is trying to sabotage.
FAJARDO: You're going to see hard times because the adversary is trying to make as hard as he can on you to not finish.
WATT: You're seeing the sort of -- the sort of powers of the Lord and --
FAJARDO: And evil. Yes.
JOHNSON: The Salt Lake Temple you see outside is called the House of the Lord.
WATT (voice-over): When the remodel is finished, there will be a window when you two can visit. See inside where the faithful are wed or sealed.
JOHNSON: A husband and a wife, a man and a woman, kneel across an altar with their hands interlocked. And they're sealed, not just for time, but
for time and eternity.
WATT (voice-over): And you'll be able to see the baptistry.
WATT: This is a railing for the baptistry.
KIRBY: Bronze with a round font. OK.
WATT: I think it's bronze with a brass finish, probably.
FAJARDO: Yes.
WATT: We from the outside, we definitely do feel that there's something secretive and maybe stuff going on that we just don't know about.
JOHNSON: We -- yes, it's sacred.
KIRBY: I like to say sacred, not secret.
WATT: Sacred, not secret.
KIRBY: Yes.
WATT: And this is going to be open for six months?
KIRBY: April through October.
WATT: And then you dedicate it?
JOHNSON: Shortly after that.
WATT: And then people like me are not allowed in it.
JOHNSON: And then --
KIRBY: You can. Yes, you can -- you can join with us. Come on, be a part with us.
WATT (voice-over): Short of converting on temple grounds, there is this brand new visitor center with a scale model of the temple.
KIRBY: We call this the veil room.
JOHNSON: Then we enter what is referred to as the celestial room. Representative of that space and that opportunity we have to live as
heavenly beings.
WATT (voice-over): And there are replica temple rooms that will remain open for all to see. This is the replica baptistry.
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WATT: And so here people are wearing all white. They're wearing a sort of white jumpsuit. They come in and they're fully submerged.
KIRBY: Yes.
WATT (voice-over): Baptized multiple times on behalf of ancestors who might never have had the chance.
KIRBY: We want to help you feel comfortable about what we're doing. Yes. Yes.
WATT: This is the first full-time --
KIRBY: First full-time the temple open house in a visitor center. Yes.
WATT: Is there a gift shop?
KIRBY: No.
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FOSTER: In Kenya, a team of students have developed a solar-powered mobile clinic bringing vital medical supplies to remote communities. The vehicle
is designed to carry ultrasound scans, portable X-rays, vaccine refrigeration, basic diagnostic equipment. Successfully traveled more than
800 kilometers on rough terrain and generated more solar energy than it consumed.
Dolphins and beluga whales usually travel through the sea, but in an emergency, they sometimes have to fly. The six animals have been living in
an enclosure in Toronto long after it closed a year ago. Now, a seven-hour flight has brought them safely to their new home there in Spain.
Thank you for watching tonight. Do stay with CNN. I'll be back after the break with "WHAT WE KNOW."
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